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America's Best-Kept Secret: We All Die Too Young

Mary Anne Mercer | Posted 04.06.2013 | Politics
Read More: Congress, Mortality Rates, President Barack Obama, Health, Public Health, US Life Expectancy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Inequality, Preventive Health, Americans Health, America Health Care, America Life Expectancy, Politics News
Mary Anne Mercer

Did you know that, as an American, you're likely to have worse health and die younger than someone in virtually any other rich nation in the world? This is true regardless of who you are or what you do to live as healthy a life as possible.

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WATCH: Why Sitting Is So Bad For You, From Dr. Oz

Posted 10.09.2012 | MarloThomas
Read More: Dr. Oz, Marlo Thomas, Video, Walking, Mortality Rates, Men's Health, Mondays With Marlo, Slideexpand, Sitting, MarloThomas News

Emmy Award-winning doctor, television host and author Dr. Oz talked about why sitting can be so detrimental to your health when he joined me on Monday...

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Alexander Eichler

Report: Lack Of Health Care Leads To 26,000 Deaths A Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 06.20.2012 | Business
Read More: Supreme Court, Video, Mortality Rates, Obamacare, Supreme Court Health Care, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Families USA, Institute of Medicine, Health Coverage, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Business News

Not having health insurance could put your life at risk. Or it might not make any difference at all. A new study has calculated that more than 26,0...

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Help Me Save a Million Men

Jed Diamond | Posted 06.24.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Suicide, Men's Health, Mortality Rates, Healthy Living News, Health, Personal Health, Mental Health, Mortality, Men Mortality, Healthy Living News
Jed Diamond

If we can reduce men's risk of death to the same level as women's, we can save nearly a million men within three years.

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Strong Job Market Can Kill People: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.12.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Unemployment, Mortality Rates, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Elderly Care, Senior Care, Mortality, Nursing Homes, Joblessness, Slidepollajax, Health Care, Nursing Home, Business News

A falling unemployment rate is typically good news, but some economists point to a glaring downside. When the jobless rate falls, the death rate goes ...

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For Health's Sake, Share and Enjoy Lots of Lovin', on Valentine's Day and Year Round

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 04.14.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Marriage, Widow, Singles, Mortality Rates, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Health and Love, Friendship, Social Networks, Valentine's Day, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

In the human health equation, love in all its varieties rains down benefits for us. So let's take this day to celebrate the joy, pleasure and positive psychology that love from all sources brings to our mental and physical health.

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Countries Where Adult Death Rates Are Lowest (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Sweden, Mortality Rates, Iceland, Health, Slidepollajax, Men's Health, USA, Lancet, World News

Men around the world take note: if you are looking to live to a ripe old age, you best move to Iceland. According to a new study published last mont...

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Maternal Mortality Rate Rising (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mortality Rates, Maternity, Parenting Tips, Baby, Pregnant, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Parenting, Babies, Wellness, Newborn, Health, New Mothers, Childbirth, Maternal Mortality, Video, Healthy Living News

The California Department of Health has reported that the number of women who have died in childbirth is increasing, having tripled in the last 10 yea...

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From Heartbreak To Heart Attack: What You And Your Loved Ones Need To Know

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healing Power of Living With a Whole -Heart, Checklist and 6 Tips, Mortality Rates, The Vital Exhaustion Syndrome, Author, Women's Health, Dr. John Graham, Featured Contributor, Men's Health, University of New Mexicao, The Good News, Health, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

Chronic, half-hearted living is associated with a syndrome called "Vital Exhaustion," which, turns out to be the predecessor to a heart attack.

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